Fun in First: Let the Countdown Begin!

So I have decided to blog some about my teaching part of life. It is a big part of my life; I absolutely LOVE my job! First graders are the most fun to teach! A week from today is our last day of school! I am so excited and looking forward to being able to be a stay-at-home mom for a few months!! I am sad to say good bye to my kiddos at school. They are the best group of students and I will miss them so much! Think about it, August through half of May, spending 8 hours a day for 5 days a week with the same bunch of students (and I have a super small class); you would get attached! But, I am finishing my 5^th year of teaching and I am starting to get use to the process of saying good bye and in a few months hello to a new group to get attached to all over again! For the countdown in my classroom I found this really cute idea from Pinterest and my students LOVE it! I blew up ten balloons and in each balloon is a piece of paper with a fun treat for the day. I hung up all ten balloons from my ceiling and each day the student of the day gets to pick a balloon for me to pop. After it has popped (which THRILLS my students!) the student runs to find the paper and reads the exciting news for the day to the class! Some of my treats are: extra recess (of course), 15 minutes of Smart Board games, a basketball game with Mrs. Vance, candy from the candy basket, etc. It has been a success and I will file that idea for next year! But I am so ready for summer break! I can not wait to spend time with Andrew. Due to Andrew’s multiple surgeries when he was born, we have spent the last two summers driving back and forth to the Children’s Hospital for numerous check ups, but it looks like we have finally gotten away from those and may not even have to go this summer! We will be spending it at home doing all types of fun things! …I also hope to figure more of this blogging stuff out over the summer! J

Drew’s News: March of Dimes Success!

Saturday was our area’s March of Dimes walk! I am so proud of our Drew’s Crew Team for raising close to $1,500!!! My sister is our captain and I have to applaud her for her dedication to our team. This was our third year to walk. The first year we walked we had only been home from the NICU for a little over a week. Needless to say, it was one of those times where I still was feeling overwhelmed and couldn’t believe the turn of events that had happened in our life. This year though, was a much different story. Andrew was so happy and loved every minute of it. He also had a sign in the ‘baby boulevard.’ It had his “then and now” pictures on it and it was too cute when Andrew kept pointing at his picture on the sign! J We had a large turn out and it was such a great day full of celebrating God’s blessings of our sweet little miracle!

*Due to this being the last week of school I have no time for uploading photos, but I will soon!